Technical Lead

Erin Associates Ltd.; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech-focused recruitment agency is looking for an experienced Technical Lead to oversee architecture and technical direction for a Birmingham-based development team. The role involves mentoring developers, leading projects with Node.js and React, and designing robust data solutions on cloud platforms. Candidates should have over 5 years of cloud experience and a solid background in enterprise architecture. The position offers a hybrid work model and competitive salary.

Benefits

Excellent benefits

Qualifications

• 5+ years of cloud full-stack development experience.
• 2+ years in a Senior or Lead Developer role.
• Proven experience managing and mentoring developers.
• Strong enterprise cloud architecture background.
• Comfortable working hands-on within the code.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture across Node.js, React, and .NET.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to developers.
• Design scalable SQL and NoSQL data solutions.
• Drive performance, scalability, and cost-effective cloud architecture.
• Produce technical designs, prototypes, and architectural decisions.
• Collaborate closely with algorithms and data processing teams.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

C# (.NET)

React

Strong SQL

MongoDB

Azure

Azure DevOps

Job description

Overview

Technical Lead - Birmingham, West Midlands
Location: Birmingham (Hybrid) – 2 days a week in their offices
Salary: 70k + benefits

Erin Associates are recruiting for a Birmingham based software house seeking a hands-on Technical Lead to own architecture, technical direction, and best practices for a small, high performing development team.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead architecture across Node.js, React, and .NET
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to developers
• Design scalable SQL and NoSQL data solutions
• Drive performance, scalability, and cost-effective cloud architecture
• Produce technical designs, prototypes, and architectural decisions
• Produce clear documentation
• Collaborate closely with algorithms and data processing teams

Essential Experience

• 5+ years cloud full-stack development
• 2+ years in a Senior or Lead Developer role
• Proven experience managing and mentoring developers
• Strong enterprise cloud architecture background
• Comfortable working hands-on within the code

Required Skills

• Backend: Node.js, TypeScript, C# (.NET)
• Frontend: React, TypeScript
• Data: Strong SQL, MongoDB (or equivalent NoSQL)

Cloud & Delivery

• Azure (App Services, Azure Batch – production experience)
• Azure DevOps (CI/CD, repos, pipelines, boards)

The Technical lead will have a real influence over architecture and tooling and will be joining a friendly, agile, and innovative team, based in Birmingham where you will play an integral role in the development of data-rich, user-friendly applications.

Keywords: Technical Lead, Lead Developer, Senior Developer, Fullstack Developer, Node.js, React, Azure DevOps, Javascript, React Developer, Api, Birmingham, West Midlands, Solihull, Warwickshire

To apply, please send your CV to Bethany at [e-mail] or call 0161 438 1177 for more details.

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Erin Associates Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom

Employment: Permanent

Salary: £65000 - £70000 excellent benefits

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